Not selected into the field and listed in order of preference by the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel:
15 Retro Richard Mandella Third as favorite vs. modest rivals Santa Anita stakes, lightly raced and improving pattern, but in tough vs. these 30-1
16 Goodthingstaketime James Stack Maiden sprinter from Ireland placed summer Group 3 at five furlongs, would be shocker, entered MSW Thursday 30-1
Odds and comments by Brad Free

September is my initial pick but it gives me pause in noticing she's essentially "the other O'Brien". Yet for whatever reason I am not feeling inspired by Happily. I think I will use Orbolution in an Ex or Tri. Take a close look at Madeline, Roger Varian's horses are notoriously underrated and she has been looking very good in the mornings. I don't know what to make of Capla Temptress. I want to use her but I don't know how.
If Juliet Capulet didn't have such a terrible post she'd be real live.

Frankie Dettori rode a turf race at Del Mar on Wednesday and this was his impression:He said: ”You do not want to be drawn high, anything above seven on the turf track you really have little chance.
“You cannot get yourself into a decent position unless you are up with the pace, because the winning the post is almost just over a furlong from the entrance to the straight.
“You cannot make up three lengths in that distance. I don't know how it will pan on the dirt.
“I would say this track is much tighter than Santa Anita.”
Read more: https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bree ... le-chance/

Hard to ignore the opinion of such an experienced rider, especially since he's riding Juliet Capulet, who drew #13, in this race.

Frankie's insight lines up with my own assumption from watching the odd turf race there over the years, but I never realyl got into Del Mar because it's run at the same time as Saratoga so I feel like my impression of the way the course plays is based on limited exposure.

Graham Motion's quote kind of shook my assumption when he said the following"But I think the track itself would probably favor Masha, because Del Mar is a come-from-behind-type track. A lot of horses come from behind at five-eighths and win."https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... urf-sprint

Del Mar just ran the 2nd, a 1 1/16-mile AOC on the grass, and it was won by Ritzy A. P....from the #11 gate. The #10 Lazzam was 2nd. So, the outside gates aren't necessarily the kiss of death, but it does look like you need enough speed out of the gate to get a decent position, maybe mid-pack. Trying to come from the back of the field probably still isn't optimal.

BaroqueAgain1 wrote:Del Mar just ran the 2nd, a 1 1/16-mile AOC on the grass, and it was won by Ritzy A. P....from the #11 gate. The #10 Lazzam was 2nd. So, the outside gates aren't necessarily the kiss of death, but it does look like you need enough speed out of the gate to get a decent position, maybe mid-pack. Trying to come from the back of the field probably still isn't optimal.

Then again 1 1/16 miles isn't the same as a mile either. I'm gonna guess the longer the race the less impactful it'll be.